Welcome to the official website of the
West Jersey Rose Society

Guests are always welcome!

  The society meets the third Wednesday of the month,
except January and July.
Meetings start at 7:30 pm and are held at Medford Leas
off Route 70 in Medford, New Jersey.

May Meeting

Wednesday, May 16

“Tips and Tricks for Preserving and Transporting Your Best Blooms to the Rose Show”

Find out from our panel of trophy winning Rose Show exhibitors (Suni Bolar, June Hament & Tom Mayhew) what they do the week before the show. Topics will include protecting blooms on the bush, last minute feeding, when to cut blooms, keeping blooms fresh until the rose show, transporting rose blooms safely, and creating your “battle plan” for the morning of the show.

59th Annual West Jersey Rose Society
Rose Show

2011 WJRS Queen of Show - Veteran’s Honor - Wayne & Deb Geltz

Saturday, May 26, 2011

1:30 - 6:00 pm
Macy’s Court at the Moorestown Mall

Free, open to the Public
New exhibitors welcome!

Hundreds of Roses on Display
Beautiful Rose Arrangements
Expert Rose Growing Advice
Guided Rose Show Tours
Cut and Potted Roses Available

Don’t Miss the Largest Rose Show in the Delaware Valley
 Click here for Schedule or contact us at Rosarian@wjrs.org

WJRS Rose Days 2012

This spring, members of WJRS will visit several of our local Good Sense garden centers for “Rose Days”.  We'll be talking roses!
We encourage YOU to join the fun!  Contact Rosarian@wjrs.org for more information.

Haines Farm & Garden, Sunday May 13, Noon – 2:00 pm
296 Route 130 North
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
856-829-8333

Laurel Oak Garden Center, Wednesday May 23, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Featuring: Zack Baxter, Medford Nurseries, “Romancing the Rose“
199 Tomlinson Mill Rd, Marlton, NJ
856-596-7779

Spotts Garden Center, Saturday June 1, 10:00 – 1:00 pm
646 Stokes Rd, Medford, NJ
(609) 654-4499
 

NEW!!
West Jersey Rose Society Public Lecture Series:  Growing and Caring for Roses

May 13, Sunday, 2:00 pm
Cinnaminson Public Library, 1619 Riverton Road, Cinnaminson, NJ
Gus Banks, Master Consulting Rosarian

July 11, Wednesday, 6:00 pm
Pemberton Community Library, 16 Broadway, Browns Mills, New Jersey
609-893-8262
Brenna Bosch, Consulting Rosarian

Come out to support your Society -- Encourage friends and neighbors to attend!

One of our supporting organizations, The Wyck Historic House and Garden is hosting their 2012 Wyck Old Rose Symposium:  “Fragrance and Old Roses”
Saturday, May 19th from 8:30-4:30
Hear featured speakers Tom Carruth, Tara Krause and Stephen Scanniello and attend many fascinating workshops including one by our own Gus Banks & Tom Mayhew. Click here for more information or register online at www.wyck.org/programs#!__programs/rose-symposium

Local Rose Show Dates for 2012

West Jersey Rose Society, May 26
Philadelphia Rose Society, June 3
Del-Chester Rose Society, June 9
York Area Rose Society, June 9
South Penn Area Rose Society, June 9-10
Reading-Berks Rose Society, June 10
Pittssburgh Rose Society, September 8
Jersey Shore Rose Society, September 8
Penn-Jersey District Convention & Rose Show, September 14-16

 Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays!

Remember your friends and loved ones this spring.  Do all your shopping using the Amazon link on the left side of this page.  There is no additional cost to you and a percentage of your purchases will benefit the West Jersey Rose Society!

Contact rosarian@wjrs.org for assistance
 

  American Rose Society 2012 Calendar Selection

Miniflora “Sunglow” - Tom Mayhew, WJRS member

Want to know how we grow such amazing roses? Read some of the informative articles contributed by our members on our Grow Beautiful Roses page.

Many of the books and rose care products recommended are available from Amazon.com. If you order them through the Amazon links on the left side our web pages, you will be supporting the WJRS at no additional cost to you. if you need assistance in using these links, contact rosarian@wjrs.org.
 

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS

Ameriprise Financial, Stuart White Arden Theatre Company Bistro DiMarino Bloomers Home & Garden Center Bonide Clover Garden Center & Florist Collingswood Shakespeare Co. Conard-Pyle/Star Roses Cork Restaurant David Austin Roses Dr Earth Espoma Flagg’s Garden Center Florian Tools G Boys Garden Center Green Lea Garden Center GreenCure/GardenShoesOnline GreenHeart Farms/Nor’East Miniature Roses Haines Farm & Garden Center Heirloom Roses Indian Chief Restaurant Kirby Brothers, Inc. Laura Kyle, CMT Laurel Oak Garden Center Longwood Gardens Magnolia Garden Village Marty Levin, EML Associates Medport Diner Mills Magic Neptune’s Harvest Fertilizers Passariello’s Restaurant Regan Nursery Roork’s Farm Supply Spotts Hardware & Garden Center Staples Moorestown Supermarkets of Cherry Hill Symphony in C Trader Joe’s Triple Oaks Nursery & Herbs Wegman’s of Mt Laurel Wyck Historic House & Garden And Members of the WJRS

West Jersey Rose Society Goals:

• Foster the education of the people of Western New Jersey on the selection, growing, propagation and culture of roses.
• Promote the development of private and public gardens of all types throughout the area.
• Emphasize the use of roses within gardens.

Last updated:  May 13, 2012